Home   Travel Guides on France   Maps on France   Learn French   Books on Paris   Translators   Rosetta Stone  Search All ProductsTravel Guides on FranceMaps on FranceLearn FrenchBooks on ParisDVDsMusic PlayersLonely Planet Country GuidesCameras on Amazon UKMusicFrench NovelsFrench HistoryFrench ClassicsPenguin BooksSimone de BeauvoirFilmsAnnie ErnauxSartreGustave FlaubertMadame De La FayetteBestselling BooksAngela AriesDictionaryTranslatorsFrench VocabularyFrench CookingToysRosetta StoneKitchenSoftware  Advanced Search  Location:  Home » French Classics » French » The Princesse de Cleves (Oxford World's Classics)    Zeugma Travel Shop Travel Books • Travel Guides on France • Maps on France • Learn French • Books on Paris • DVDs • Music Players • Lonely Planet Country Guides • Cameras on Amazon UK • Music • French Novels • French History • French Classics • Penguin Books • Simone de Beauvoir • Films • Annie Ernaux • Sartre • Gustave Flaubert • Madame De La Fayette • Bestselling Books • Angela Aries • Dictionary • Translators • French Vocabulary • French Cooking • Toys • Rosetta Stone • Kitchen • Software Other Countries Zeugma Travel (home) Related Categories •  French World •  General Fiction The Princesse de Cleves (Oxford World's Classics)  enlarge  Authors: Madame De La Fayette, Terence Cave Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks Category: Book List Price: £8.99 Buy New: £2.92 You Save: £6.07 (68%) New (28) from £2.92 Avg. Customer Rating: 1 reviews Sales Rank: 104147 Media: Paperback Edition: New edition Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 288 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4 Dimensions (in): 11.6 x 9.1 x 0.2 ISBN: 0192837265 Dewey Decimal Number: 843.4 EAN: 9780192837264 ASIN: 0192837265 Publication Date: June 17, 1999 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days Condition: Brand New - in perfect condition. Posted from the UK - usually within 24 hours of receipt of your order. Please read our feedback and buy with confidence. Also Available In:   •  Paperback - The Princesse De Cleves (World's Classics) Similar Items:   •  Oroonoko: An Authoritative Text, Historical Backgrounds, Criticism (Norton Critical Editions)   •  In Search of Lost Time: The Way by Swann's v.1: The Way by Swann's Vol 1 (In Search of Lost Time 1)   •  Madame Bovary (Penguin Classics)   •  The Sorrows of Young Werther (Classics)   •  Great Expectations (Penguin Popular Classics) Customer Reviews: One of the first psychological novels in French literature   September 25, 2006  4 out of 6 found this review helpful Mme de Lafayette wrote this during the reign of Louis XIV but the novel is set in the court of Henri II when his queen is Catherine de Medici, the young Mary Queen of Scots is his daughter-in-law and Diana de Poitiers was his mistress. As a courtier herself, Mme de Lafayette knew intimately the intriques and gossip that went on at court and she conveys that magnificently. The young and very beautiful Madame de Cleves comes to court, is married rapidly to a man whom she admires and respects but cannot love, and falls in love herself with the Duke de Nemours, who feels the same for her. But tied by her sense of morality and the stories she has been told by her mother and others about the insincerity of court love, she restrains her passions and turns away from love. This is a vivid, and exquisately written novel that turns on the small emotions of love, duty and passion lived out in a public court where everyone is watching everyone else, and no-one's secrets remain hidden. I read it in the French original and so cannot comment on the translation but it's difficult to imagine anyone not loving this book. Sponsored Links   Powered by Associate-O-Matic